Yes, I am retired, and most of my retired buddies refuse to fish on weekends due to the crowds. A chance to fish is a chance to fish however, and a friend who is still working can only get Saturdays off. I picked him up at "the crack of 8:30" and we put the canoe in the local river. So did every other kayak fisherman in the county. We seldom saw fewer than 3 yaks upstream from us and another 3 downstream. We found a submerged tree that hosted a wad of
nice sized crappie, pinched down the barbs on our mini tubes and ran it up on the fish. Whenever a group of yakkers came by we asked how they were doing. Every one had a great time catching lots of big, big smallies. If I tallied the numbers of big fish caught from what I was told, that 3 mile stretch of river yielded about 79 fish over 20......... I can't vouch for their stories but I can say that the number of boaters was absolutely stunning. It looked like opening day for walleye in Wisconsin.
fish on,